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the greatest amount has been spent here in florida. now, if you come back to me and look over my left shoulders, we are here at the henry gardens here in orlando, fairly quiet here, no long lines, there were lines this morning, they have cleared up, but i believe we have some aerial video of other long lines in orange county and that's critical. heavy voter turnout among the 50-plus group gives it to romney. the 50 below age group, of course, favors president obama. guys, back to you? >> mary, thank you very much for that. certainly feels like lines are the new normal these days. >>> nevada is another state to watch. las vegas has had more political tv ads than any other city in the nation. and the candidates have been stumping there every single week. jane wells is stomping the ground there is as well. jane? >> reporter: i'm outside caesars palace, las vegas is packed, obviously everybody voted early or not voting at all we talk about nevada, we talk about the gaming companies and some ceos have contributed to mitt romney. all of them
the greatest amount has been spent here in florida. now, if you come back to me and look over my left shoulders, we are here at the henry gardens here in orlando, fairly quiet here, no long lines, there were lines this morning, they have cleared up, but i believe we have some aerial video of other long lines in orange county and that's critical. heavy voter turnout among the 50-plus group gives it to romney. the 50 below age group, of course, favors president obama. guys, back to you? >>...
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most of florida will close the at 7:00. the western part of the panhandle is in the central time zone, so that will close an hour later. 123 states follow at 9:00 p.m. and at 11:00, the rest of the west coast states will finish out including california. alaska will round everything out at 1:00 a.m. you can see that handy little chart there. here's another chart that gives you a sense of the official nbc projections tonight. 270 electoral college votes are needed to win and, yes, it is not the popular vote that matters. it is the lector are ral college vote that matters. 237, this is what nbc is proceed correcting currently for bal. you can see on the map the states blue are those expected to give all of their votes to him. romney we're projecting 206 votes. in yellow, these are the key swing states. nbc sees eight of them for the time being and the most important one probably to watch is, yes, ohio. right here. not far from virginia which is probe the second most important. maybe colorado over here, the third. but in ohio,
most of florida will close the at 7:00. the western part of the panhandle is in the central time zone, so that will close an hour later. 123 states follow at 9:00 p.m. and at 11:00, the rest of the west coast states will finish out including california. alaska will round everything out at 1:00 a.m. you can see that handy little chart there. here's another chart that gives you a sense of the official nbc projections tonight. 270 electoral college votes are needed to win and, yes, it is not the...
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you're not looking at one florida. you may look at seven. >> going back to the original question that i asked you about volatility of the markets and pricing of the 20-point to 30-point move on s&p 500 seems when we get a winner as you say, it will be a surprise in the markets because it's been so close to the very end. if we don't get a winner, it will also create volatility. either way we're in for a big move on the s&p 500 tomorrow. >> i think it will be bigger if you don't get a winner. you'll get a sigh of relief rally if you do get some kind of winner initially. >> art, thanks. good to see you. art cashin. tax reform obviously a key point of contention in the election. what federal tax rate would you pay if mitt romney were to win? what if the president won re-election? we'll talk to jim stewart of "the new york times" talking about some numbers and what it means for your finances next. >>> plus, the east coast is bracing for another nor'easter storm tomorrow. just one week after hurricane sandy. so will it imped
you're not looking at one florida. you may look at seven. >> going back to the original question that i asked you about volatility of the markets and pricing of the 20-point to 30-point move on s&p 500 seems when we get a winner as you say, it will be a surprise in the markets because it's been so close to the very end. if we don't get a winner, it will also create volatility. either way we're in for a big move on the s&p 500 tomorrow. >> i think it will be bigger if you...
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florida's importance critical, the time and the money they spent here in florida. only ohio has been visited more with each campaign spending more advertising dollars in florida than in any other state. as for the main concern, no matter who they support, florida's struggling economy. >> i considered romney for a short while until i realized he doesn't have a plan that's detailed. if you expect somebody to be successful there has to be a plan. when i luke at what happened in the country the last four years, i see all positive indicators across the board. >> economic policies, they are, i think, vastly superior, the vision that obama has led up for the country, more fiscally responsible plan that will get the country back on track. >> florida's unemployment rate stands at 8.7%, above the national average. it's been hard hit by a couple of things, most notably the housing bubble and also more recently, its tourist industry has been impacted by the weakness we are seeing in europe. floridians, you might recall, aren't used to lagging any national averages when it come
florida's importance critical, the time and the money they spent here in florida. only ohio has been visited more with each campaign spending more advertising dollars in florida than in any other state. as for the main concern, no matter who they support, florida's struggling economy. >> i considered romney for a short while until i realized he doesn't have a plan that's detailed. if you expect somebody to be successful there has to be a plan. when i luke at what happened in the country...
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romney has a slight lead in florida, as well. if branstad is right and that enthusiasm carries romney over that is a sign that some of the measurements have been off and likely voter screens have been off but in places like colorado and ohio mitt romney could do better than expected. we don't have reason to know that yet. >> there are a couple of early indicators? >> first state where polls are closing is the state of virginia. president obama carried. it was a breakthrough for president obama to carry it four years ago. both sides invested heavily in the state. shift of population up through northern virginia that are more democrat democratic leaning. you will see the obama campaign believes they have an ever so slight lead. the last poll showed 1 point lead for the president. >> 2.4 points in iowa. are those within the margin of error? >> yes. >> it's hard to say all these things. >> the reason is that if you average statewide polls your margin of error goes way down. >> it is not within the margin. >> what is the margin of err
romney has a slight lead in florida, as well. if branstad is right and that enthusiasm carries romney over that is a sign that some of the measurements have been off and likely voter screens have been off but in places like colorado and ohio mitt romney could do better than expected. we don't have reason to know that yet. >> there are a couple of early indicators? >> first state where polls are closing is the state of virginia. president obama carried. it was a breakthrough for...
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florida, nu/"carolina, virginia, iowa, colorado, nevada -- which is tough for romney. we get to 269-269. then it goes to congress. the house of representatives picks the president. we have a republican house and will have one after this election. that means mitt romney assuming no elector defects to one side or the other. the house of representatives would elect mitt romney president. but the senate elects the vice president. that means joe biden could serve with mitt romney. crazy and i don't expect it to happen. but not beyond the realm of possibility. >> you have biden in cleveland, romney there, too. is that a lack of confidence in ohio? >> i think that suggests a determination not to relax on the final day. the president will do media interviews from home in chicago. mitt romney is out on the stump. i think so is paul ryan for that matter. joe biden is ensuring the democrats aren't leaving anything set in ohio unanswered. >> john, thanks so much. going to be a long night. we'll look forward to your reports throughout the evening. history shows democratic president
florida, nu/"carolina, virginia, iowa, colorado, nevada -- which is tough for romney. we get to 269-269. then it goes to congress. the house of representatives picks the president. we have a republican house and will have one after this election. that means mitt romney assuming no elector defects to one side or the other. the house of representatives would elect mitt romney president. but the senate elects the vice president. that means joe biden could serve with mitt romney. crazy and i...
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the biggest of those battleground states are florida, ohio, and virginia. and that is where the candidates have been spending a lot of time since the republican convention. the obama-biden ticket in blue and the romney-ryan ticket in those red dots you see there. we have correspondents in all three of those states tonight and first dean reynolds is in the birthplace of seven american presidents, the state of ohio. dean? >> reporter: good evening, scott, from the statehouse in columbus. you know, ohio started voting early, five weeks ago and 1,787,000 people took advantage of that opportunity, the highest number in the state's history. we noticed today as well that a lot of people are casting provisional ballots, they go to people whose address doesn't match their registration or who requested an absentee ballot from the state but never got around to sending it back in. those provisional ballots could provide a dilemma because they need to be validated and they are not counted until november 17 so a close race could keep us waiting around for several days af
the biggest of those battleground states are florida, ohio, and virginia. and that is where the candidates have been spending a lot of time since the republican convention. the obama-biden ticket in blue and the romney-ryan ticket in those red dots you see there. we have correspondents in all three of those states tonight and first dean reynolds is in the birthplace of seven american presidents, the state of ohio. dean? >> reporter: good evening, scott, from the statehouse in columbus....
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unlike florida, virginia did not have early voting. right now in florida, a much larger istate and virginia -- it is not rhode island, by any means. there probably already at the polls. we saw five, six, seven-hour waits in florida d@early voting. i can imagine what the lines look like in virginia where there is an absolutely no early voting. >> talk about a fairfax county elections board, and the man they have spearheading their voting rights laws and how they're implemented. >> fairfax county, which is a very important county in this presidential race, so important mitt romney is having his post- election -- i hate to call a party -- he will have his post- election event here in fairfax county. that is how important it is. >> place it for us geographically and why it is significant. >> i'm sorry, what was the question? >> place fairfax county geographically in virginia. >> it is a swing county, for the most part, of fairfax goes basically is how virginia will go. virginia is such a swing state, it was important to obama winning in 20
unlike florida, virginia did not have early voting. right now in florida, a much larger istate and virginia -- it is not rhode island, by any means. there probably already at the polls. we saw five, six, seven-hour waits in florida d@early voting. i can imagine what the lines look like in virginia where there is an absolutely no early voting. >> talk about a fairfax county elections board, and the man they have spearheading their voting rights laws and how they're implemented. >>...
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him florida. >> i'm giving him florida. i think the trend in polling in florida over the last week is showing that with the early voting and with the spontaneous voting that's happened in the wake of seeing the president be the president as we have for the last week, i see florida going up. >> i love it. eliot, what would you take or add. >> i hope you're right obviously, but i'm not quite sure about florida he doesn't need it. >> you give florida to mitt romney and the president is reelected. >> you agree with him on colorado? >> colorado's a swing but i think ohio, virginia, michigan, wisconsin are pretty solid. i don't see how mitt romney threads the needle even if he does take florida. >> it's a tough road for mitt romney. he can't win the presidency on an ordinary night without ohio. he knows that. he is campaigning now in pennsylvania because of that. i think you're beginning to see a little bit of a leak. >> i agree that he's got that the president is going to win. i think it's 303 and woul
him florida. >> i'm giving him florida. i think the trend in polling in florida over the last week is showing that with the early voting and with the spontaneous voting that's happened in the wake of seeing the president be the president as we have for the last week, i see florida going up. >> i love it. eliot, what would you take or add. >> i hope you're right obviously, but i'm not quite sure about florida he doesn't need it. >> you give florida to mitt romney and the...
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tis easiest path would be if he were to win florida. that would mean he would only thve to win one of the remaining eight battleground states to get to ge0. 2vernor romney has a tougher rnor rom if he were to win florida and hen also to win ohio and virginia and north carolina biggs four of the biggest states, that would still only get him to 266 electoral votes. he'd need one of the remaining five battleground states, scott, ou get to 270. to gelley: john, thank you. john, bob, norah o'donnell and our entire campaign 2012 team will bring you election night coverage beginning the moment the first polls close tomorrow st 7:00 p.m. eastern time. a week ago tonight hurricane sandy crashed ashore. we learned today that the death toll is up to 119 in nine ates.s. more than a million homes and businesses are without power and in new york 40,000 people lost their homes. last night, the temperature dropped below 40 degrees and you might be surprised at what jim today. found today. >> reporter: they're breaking up furniture for firewood on state
tis easiest path would be if he were to win florida. that would mean he would only thve to win one of the remaining eight battleground states to get to ge0. 2vernor romney has a tougher rnor rom if he were to win florida and hen also to win ohio and virginia and north carolina biggs four of the biggest states, that would still only get him to 266 electoral votes. he'd need one of the remaining five battleground states, scott, ou get to 270. to gelley: john, thank you. john, bob, norah o'donnell...
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stormy along the coast of florida, georgia and the carolinas. that storm moves into the northeast by tomorrow, bringing rain and wind. showers are possible for chicago, st. louis and minneapolis. >> it is a chilly morning in new england, as the coldest air of the season pours in. new york and baltimore are up to ten degrees colder than usual. l.a., honolulu and phoenix are in the mid to upper 80s. sounds nice. >> sure does. >>> when we return on this election day, the dirty tricks looking to mess up a good, clean political fight. >>> also, the tricky rescue needed to save lives when this boat flipped over in choppy waters, with children onboard. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, air travel here in the northeast is getting back to normal after hurricane sandy. the airlines have cleared up much of the backlog of stranded travelers. but they lost about $100 million. that's because many travelers simply gave up and canceled trips. amtrak train service is also nearly back to normal. >>> and they are waiting on wall street. trading on the financial m
stormy along the coast of florida, georgia and the carolinas. that storm moves into the northeast by tomorrow, bringing rain and wind. showers are possible for chicago, st. louis and minneapolis. >> it is a chilly morning in new england, as the coldest air of the season pours in. new york and baltimore are up to ten degrees colder than usual. l.a., honolulu and phoenix are in the mid to upper 80s. sounds nice. >> sure does. >>> when we return on this election day, the dirty...
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florida. >> eric: florida -- put the graphic up one more time. understand something about florida. florida is interesting. the panhandle which is an earlier time zone so you have two different time zones in florida. also florida breaks down this way. the southern part of florida is typically a democrat win. from the mid-state down, i-4 corridor that cuts the state in half. south of it, democrats. north of the i-4 corridor is typically republican. keep an eye on it and a lot of people sit along there. tampa, orlando, some areas on the east coast of florida where they are getting a good sense of where florida is going to go. >> greg: mascot to disney world, are they forced to vote in character or vote as themselves? >> andrea: they can't vote in character, wouldn't it be -- >> greg: you don't need i.d. >> andrea: family saw mini mouse voting a certain way. forever be democrat or -- >> greg: goofy? >> andrea: je with have goofy. it's vice president of the united states. >> bob: not fair. >> andrea: florida, people forget obama only beat mccain by three points in florida. that was at h
florida. >> eric: florida -- put the graphic up one more time. understand something about florida. florida is interesting. the panhandle which is an earlier time zone so you have two different time zones in florida. also florida breaks down this way. the southern part of florida is typically a democrat win. from the mid-state down, i-4 corridor that cuts the state in half. south of it, democrats. north of the i-4 corridor is typically republican. keep an eye on it and a lot of people sit...
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florida. so it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> check those numbers, what do you make of those states? is that a good list? >> i think the ceiling is somewhere 300, 303 if you want to be exact the numbers i've done. if you throw in north carolina it could be 318 max. that's possible. they could all be 51, 49 at the end of the day. i do want to say i think a lot of us, we're sort of victims of 2004. before 2004 we were all more convinced of the challenger incumbent rule. that somehow challengers always got the undecided and then a tie goes to the challenger. then you're happened when bush won frankly as many of the undecided as he did. then you'd have to go back to '76 the last time the person with momentum lost at the end. lost the popular vote. that was ford. ford had the momentum but carter won in the end. even gore, he had the last-second momentum. he did win the popular vote. having the momentum has it in the end. >> what's it going to mean for obama if obama wins it is t
florida. so it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> check those numbers, what do you make of those states? is that a good list? >> i think the ceiling is somewhere 300, 303 if you want to be exact the numbers i've done. if you throw in north carolina it could be 318 max. that's possible. they could all be 51, 49 at the end of the day. i do want to say i think a lot of us, we're sort of victims of 2004. before 2004 we were all more convinced of the challenger incumbent...
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stuart: we have long lines at polling places in florida today. that's another key swing state and sandra smith is tracking those states for us. so the latest on florida and the key county, the county i guess you could say. the what is the key? >> hillsborough county which tampa is housed is what we're watching. of course, miami, orlando, tampa all key as far as hispanic vote. the reason why we're watching tampa and hillsborough county if i can get this to fire up here. this is the tampa bay area. this gave a huge boost to president obama back in 2008. remember, the reason florida's going to be closely watched because president obama won in '08. president bush won in '04. this is a swing state. this is major swing county within that swing state. and stuart, so important that the republicans held their convention there. they have been really fighting for the votes there. this will be, hillsborough county will be the one to watch. stuart: hillsborough, we're watching it. thank you very much, sandra. steve, i have got 10 seconds. you've been in the p
stuart: we have long lines at polling places in florida today. that's another key swing state and sandra smith is tracking those states for us. so the latest on florida and the key county, the county i guess you could say. the what is the key? >> hillsborough county which tampa is housed is what we're watching. of course, miami, orlando, tampa all key as far as hispanic vote. the reason why we're watching tampa and hillsborough county if i can get this to fire up here. this is the tampa...
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virginia is one of them, north carolina, florida, colorado are others. that's a plausible path to 270. he has to do more stuff beyond that. this is a foundation state for him. the opportunity here for obama is pretty simple. get an early lead in virginia, win this state. that's a showstopper that ends the election rights there if obama can pull off a win as he did in 2008. what is going to happen tonight? we've been out today and visited with both campaigns and checked in at their local headquarters. we're in manassas city. prince william county is one of the key swing counties. we talked about campaigns and you get a sense where they are, where they think it's going. if you look at it from the obama standpoint, they would say, hey, look at the demographics. principle william county is one of the four counties that have experienced explosive growth. particularly when it comes to african-american and hispanic voters. prince william county grew by 43% in the last ten years. now a majority of the population is nonwhite, and for the first time since lbj in 1
virginia is one of them, north carolina, florida, colorado are others. that's a plausible path to 270. he has to do more stuff beyond that. this is a foundation state for him. the opportunity here for obama is pretty simple. get an early lead in virginia, win this state. that's a showstopper that ends the election rights there if obama can pull off a win as he did in 2008. what is going to happen tonight? we've been out today and visited with both campaigns and checked in at their local...
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long lines at polling stations in battle ground states in ohio and virginia and north carolina and florida and colorado and nevada. also in hurricane-damaged areas without power, balloted are cast in tents. after a year of campaigning, canndidates voted today. romney voted in massachusetts. vice president joe biden waited at his polling station in delaware. president obama, now back in chicago, held his final campaign rally in iowa on monday night. he won't be voting today. he joined the more than 30 million people nationwide who voted early in 34 states and the district of columbia. votes that were not allowed to be counted until today. but it is the last-minute undecided votes that has romney with the push in pennsylvania and in the toughest battle ground of all, ohio. >> i feel great about ohio. >> reporter: with polls showing a virtual tie, it is the handful of swing states that determine the presidency. tallies will be carefully scrutinized for a long night of counting. marla and jon. >> quick question here. president obama is not campaigning today. he is keeping tradition and playing
long lines at polling stations in battle ground states in ohio and virginia and north carolina and florida and colorado and nevada. also in hurricane-damaged areas without power, balloted are cast in tents. after a year of campaigning, canndidates voted today. romney voted in massachusetts. vice president joe biden waited at his polling station in delaware. president obama, now back in chicago, held his final campaign rally in iowa on monday night. he won't be voting today. he joined the more...
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even without winning florida, virginia or north carolina, the final campaign of his political career, president obama returned to the city where it all began for him four years ago. des moines, iowa. before a crowd of 20,000 supporters, the president wiped away a tear while reflect on those who have helped this campaign and their accomplishments over the past four years. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we've started. because this is where our movement for change began. thank you. right here. right behind these bleachers is the building that was home to our iowa headquarters of 2008. in 2008 we were in the middle of two wars and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. today our businesses created 5.5 million new jobs. the auto industry is back, home values are on the rise. we're less dependent on foreign oil than any time in the last 20 years. we've dealt with the production of clean energy because of the service and sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform, the war in iraq is over. the war
even without winning florida, virginia or north carolina, the final campaign of his political career, president obama returned to the city where it all began for him four years ago. des moines, iowa. before a crowd of 20,000 supporters, the president wiped away a tear while reflect on those who have helped this campaign and their accomplishments over the past four years. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we've...
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much you care about this vote and we saw you lining up before dawn in virginia, braving lines, rain in florida, children in tow and even guys with surfboards and bare feet as in chicago a woman who went to the polls while in labor then went on to the hospital. >>> talk about the candidates in these last moments, the two men who have been racing to the finish line spent the day proving determination and stamina and abc's white house correspondent jake tapper starts us off in chicago where the president is with his family waiting for results. jake. >> reporter: good evening on this exciting night, diane. president obama and his campaign are gurding hem thfls for a long night and the president said this might spill into the morning but he fully expects by tomorrow he will be re-elected. it is out of his hands and in yours. >> my name is barack obama, you know, the president. >> reporter: at a chicago campaign field office president obama called volunteers in wisconsin to thank them for their hard work. >> hi, is this annie? hi, this is barack obama, how are you? [ laughter ] i'm doing -- you know
much you care about this vote and we saw you lining up before dawn in virginia, braving lines, rain in florida, children in tow and even guys with surfboards and bare feet as in chicago a woman who went to the polls while in labor then went on to the hospital. >>> talk about the candidates in these last moments, the two men who have been racing to the finish line spent the day proving determination and stamina and abc's white house correspondent jake tapper starts us off in chicago...
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gop rival mitt romney is focussed on the swing states as well starting in florida and then moving to virginia. his schedule, a blur since saturday he's held 13 events in seven up battleground states with a message of bipartisanship vowing to break gridlock in washington. >> i'll endeavor to find good democrats and republicans who care more about the country than they do about politics. >> we have come too far to turn back now. we've come too far to let our hearts grow faint. now is the time to keep pushing forward. >> president obama made another call to new jersey governor chris christie today about storm cleanup but surprised the republican governor by handing the phone to bruce string streen, also a new jersey native. christie is a long-time springsteen fan. >> larry joins us from the newsroom. it's all about the voters now. we've been doing this for months if not years. what should we look for tomorrow. one or two things that stand out for you? >> we have to look at turnout in two contexts, the turnout in the election and the day of turnout. we know democrats tend to win to turn
gop rival mitt romney is focussed on the swing states as well starting in florida and then moving to virginia. his schedule, a blur since saturday he's held 13 events in seven up battleground states with a message of bipartisanship vowing to break gridlock in washington. >> i'll endeavor to find good democrats and republicans who care more about the country than they do about politics. >> we have come too far to turn back now. we've come too far to let our hearts grow faint. now is...
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the calls are also cropping up in north carolina and florida. >>> the news 4 i-team is monitoring any voting problem you find at the polls today. call the i-team tip line at 202-8 202-885-4444. >>> it is coming up on 6:07 right now. information to take to heart for some people who rely on daily multivitamins. >>> 6:10. check out the gorgeous glimpse of the sun on the horizon. earlier sunlight time. enjoy it. >> 36 degrees right now. you will have to deal with the cold out there. time for weather and traffic on the ones. here's storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. >>> sunrise about a half hour away. reagan national on the warm waters of the potomac is at 35. that's the warm spot. we have a gentle breeze thankfully at 5 miles an hour. elsewhere it's in the 20s. here's the hometown forecast for morningside, prince george's county by 8:00, 8:30 this morning. still hovering around the freezing mark with a few clouds in and out. partly cloudy to sunny by the lunch hour. by then, the mid-40s. here's the hour by hour forecast for the whole region. this morning we'll stay a
the calls are also cropping up in north carolina and florida. >>> the news 4 i-team is monitoring any voting problem you find at the polls today. call the i-team tip line at 202-8 202-885-4444. >>> it is coming up on 6:07 right now. information to take to heart for some people who rely on daily multivitamins. >>> 6:10. check out the gorgeous glimpse of the sun on the horizon. earlier sunlight time. enjoy it. >> 36 degrees right now. you will have to deal with...
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jenna: we've talked a lot about florida, also pennsylvania, but florida this campaign season. the electoral votes in florida at 29, more than any other battleground state, which is one of the reasons we've talked so often with steve voscay, the tallahassee bureau chief of the ""tampa bay times"." you've covered elections in your day, what strikes you about this one. >> it's back to the ground game and a high turn out for both candidates, both romney and obama, the rain has moved through here. the weather is improving. this could be the first election in florida where we break the 9 million vote barrier. there's never been 9 million or more people vote in anee collection and the secretary of state here this morning predicted a record turn out because more than 4.5 million people have already voted. jenna: wow. >> about hatch the votes are in the bag so to speak. jenna: 9 million passing that mark would be significant, because we're talking so much about voter turn out. to you, what are you watching the rest of the day as to any indication about which way thi state might go? >>
jenna: we've talked a lot about florida, also pennsylvania, but florida this campaign season. the electoral votes in florida at 29, more than any other battleground state, which is one of the reasons we've talked so often with steve voscay, the tallahassee bureau chief of the ""tampa bay times"." you've covered elections in your day, what strikes you about this one. >> it's back to the ground game and a high turn out for both candidates, both romney and obama, the rain...
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governor strickland, folks are looking at florida and worried about whether florida is going to mess up this election, but there are also people who were talking about ohio and whether ohio is going to be the place where, you know, all sort of electoral hell will break loose. how confident are you that -- >> there will be no recount. >> that the decision today out of ohio will be definitive? >> i think we'll have a clear victory here in ohio one way or the other. my prediction is that the president will win, but we have great confidence in our voting system. there are obviously debates and disputes, but i think we will know. four years ago ohio was called before 9:30, and i think we'll have a fairly early vote out of ohio tonight, and of course, before the president will be over. >> never sounded so confident, governor. >> before midnight -- >> exactly. >> all right. governor strickland, thank you very much. >> thank you -- >> by the way, i found out it was mitch scarborough's birthday. you know who else? >> hurricane dan. >> dan seymour. >> get out! >> just. >> in time for mitt romn
governor strickland, folks are looking at florida and worried about whether florida is going to mess up this election, but there are also people who were talking about ohio and whether ohio is going to be the place where, you know, all sort of electoral hell will break loose. how confident are you that -- >> there will be no recount. >> that the decision today out of ohio will be definitive? >> i think we'll have a clear victory here in ohio one way or the other. my prediction...
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the vote ballot itself is very long in florida. perseverance is the key in florida. then we've got problems with the ohio provisional ballots. that is going to be litigated this morning in court. whether or not the secretary of state, who impose d a second fom that voters have to fill out if they're using provisional ballots is legal. this, of course, may not affect things today. provisional ballots are not counted until ten days after the election. but if it's close in ohio and ohio is the deciding state, that could delay the results of the election. worry also getting scattered reports of voting machine issues in indiana, virginia, new jersey and new york. there is a sense moem most of these will be worked out. people who went before went to vote, had to go to work. hopefully they'll come back later and vote. we've gotten reports of very busy polling places in virginia, new york and new jersey. issues in new jersey with the electronic voting, the fax or e-mail voting. some people are not able to get the e-mail in or are not getting approved. it takes about an hour.
the vote ballot itself is very long in florida. perseverance is the key in florida. then we've got problems with the ohio provisional ballots. that is going to be litigated this morning in court. whether or not the secretary of state, who impose d a second fom that voters have to fill out if they're using provisional ballots is legal. this, of course, may not affect things today. provisional ballots are not counted until ten days after the election. but if it's close in ohio and ohio is the...
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ohio and florida. believe it or not, florida is neck and neck at this hour still cannot call florida. >> megyn: just to catch you up, we originally could not call pennsylvania or new hampshire but we have now projected barack obama will win both of those states and we will wait to see on this three critical states that could make or break this election in terms of florida, ohio, and virginia. but first this: ♪ >> bret: it is 10:00 p.m. on the east coast and polls have closed in another four states including two of the tightest toss-ups in the nation iowa and nevada. in iowa, the state where barack obama began and ended his re-election campaign the president has a slight lead over mitt romney. it is too soon to project which candidate will win the hawkeye state worth six electoral votes. >> megyn: the president has a similar lead in the state of nevada which is also worth 6 electoral votes. the fox news decision desk will wait for more vote tallies can actually project a winner in nevada. >> bret: fox
ohio and florida. believe it or not, florida is neck and neck at this hour still cannot call florida. >> megyn: just to catch you up, we originally could not call pennsylvania or new hampshire but we have now projected barack obama will win both of those states and we will wait to see on this three critical states that could make or break this election in terms of florida, ohio, and virginia. but first this: ♪ >> bret: it is 10:00 p.m. on the east coast and polls have closed in...
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. >> stephanie: all right, don in tampa, florida with a report from there. hello. >> caller: hi, thanks for taking my call. >> stephanie: thank you for calling. >> caller: thank you yeah, i wanted to say that the worst governor in the united states, as mr. pierce was talking about for sure, i think rick scott's budget here, which took care of corporations really is going to affect the women vote here, because all these state and local workers that got laid off are women and i really think that that's one of the reason that women are going to vote for democrats this time around. >> stephanie: yep absolutely, and also because cher told them to. did you see this? >> i hope you'll join me in supporting richard make your dock. >> actually we won't. there's a lot at stake in this election especially for those who love women and respect them. >> stephanie: the point is, this is not the election to be complacent. >> honestly, this is sick stuff. richard mourdoch thinks pregnancy resulting from rape is a gift from god. >> is that not true? >> no. maybe he can sit nex
. >> stephanie: all right, don in tampa, florida with a report from there. hello. >> caller: hi, thanks for taking my call. >> stephanie: thank you for calling. >> caller: thank you yeah, i wanted to say that the worst governor in the united states, as mr. pierce was talking about for sure, i think rick scott's budget here, which took care of corporations really is going to affect the women vote here, because all these state and local workers that got laid off are women...
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i think we have a shot in florida. i think barack obama is going to get re-elected. >> governor barber -- >> i'm sure governor barber agrees with this, right? >> i'm trying to keep a straight face. >> governor barber, you are one of the smartest political tacticians out there. you know a lot about politics. let me ask you about where governor romney is beginning today. he's going to pennsylvania, the state that he only visited a couple of days ago, and ohio. he's going there to the cleveland area, which is northern ohio. normally a democratic stronghold. on ohio, does that suggest to you that he's underperforming in an area with noncollege educated whites which he will need in order to win ohio? >> if you suggest to me that they feel very good about the republican party for ohio, and that they have seen moves particularly throughout the month of october of swing voters, of independents, various groups that makes them think they can cut down obama's margin in cleveland and northeast ohio, as far as pennsylvania is conce
i think we have a shot in florida. i think barack obama is going to get re-elected. >> governor barber -- >> i'm sure governor barber agrees with this, right? >> i'm trying to keep a straight face. >> governor barber, you are one of the smartest political tacticians out there. you know a lot about politics. let me ask you about where governor romney is beginning today. he's going to pennsylvania, the state that he only visited a couple of days ago, and ohio. he's going...
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everyone remembers florida was home to the bush-gore election deadlock in 2000. now with reports of a tightening race the spotlight is once again on this critical swing state and its 29 electoral votes. melissa francis is live in tampa, florida. what are you doing there? what's happening? >> you can see over my shoulder things are very orderly here. but here in florida in the early voting where 4.5 million people turned out the lines were five and six hours long. that led to that in person absentee voting. but that's what they were doing here. in the meantime now lines have shortened. lines in orlando have been 2 hours long. just a lot of people out to vote. at the same time these folks are getting hammered with ads. i flew in last night and turned in david letterman. the entire block of commercials was all political ads. local stations have to be making a killing. i asked voters how they feel about all this attention they are getting. here is what one voter said. >> you feel like you are the center of the universe. everybody is focused on the middle of the state
everyone remembers florida was home to the bush-gore election deadlock in 2000. now with reports of a tightening race the spotlight is once again on this critical swing state and its 29 electoral votes. melissa francis is live in tampa, florida. what are you doing there? what's happening? >> you can see over my shoulder things are very orderly here. but here in florida in the early voting where 4.5 million people turned out the lines were five and six hours long. that led to that in...
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of the florida recant. hanging chad? the presidential race in ohio it is as close as we expect we could have another recount for pro year to sort out we have judge napolitano you want this to happen? >> it it is my sicily and skepticism. jersey you can e-mail or you can write it been? >> it it is challenging because of the hurricane and other procedures two fax or e-mail i voted on saturday the first time in my life to vote early because the doublemint authorized it. norman would drive here then comeback that it is probably not the issue to impede the final results -- results it will be the inability of the state to declare a winner. democrats will say the local election board would not let them vote if they are greater than the difference between the two then you have a challenge to the outcome. of it it is small and one takes ohio convincingly board by a greater number than disputed than they are disputed forever. lori: what it is the likelihood each side it is already employer ring up? >> when i first covered this in
of the florida recant. hanging chad? the presidential race in ohio it is as close as we expect we could have another recount for pro year to sort out we have judge napolitano you want this to happen? >> it it is my sicily and skepticism. jersey you can e-mail or you can write it been? >> it it is challenging because of the hurricane and other procedures two fax or e-mail i voted on saturday the first time in my life to vote early because the doublemint authorized it. norman would...
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in florida a few weeks ago i saw romney signs not obama ones. conservatives have been whispering something big is happening and under the radar groundswell of support for their candidate that escaped the attention of pollsters. they cite romney's crowds 30,000 in ohio, 28,000 in pennsylvania. >> i'm looking around to see if we have the beatles here or something to have brought you. looks like you came just for the campaign and i appreciate it. >> the obama campaign and democrats prefer to stick to the raw numbers. gallup's tracking poll which showed romney with a five-point lead a week ago has shrivelled to 1%. the last "washington post"/abc news tracking poll of the cycle shows the president climbing to 50%, his best showing since july and six-point swing from a month ago following the debate. the obama campaign is playing up its slender advantage in the swing states though remains mostly within the margin of error to say if it looks tight it probably is tight but hopefully not as tight as in x dixvildi dixville notch. the voting resulted in a
in florida a few weeks ago i saw romney signs not obama ones. conservatives have been whispering something big is happening and under the radar groundswell of support for their candidate that escaped the attention of pollsters. they cite romney's crowds 30,000 in ohio, 28,000 in pennsylvania. >> i'm looking around to see if we have the beatles here or something to have brought you. looks like you came just for the campaign and i appreciate it. >> the obama campaign and democrats...
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>> in georgia right now and florida, rain across florida could be heavy at times as this front comes through. hits tampa here in the next hour or so. jacksonville seeing some rain. orlando, you're next, you'll see some rainfall as well. this is important because study shows that one inch of rainfall will actually decrease voter turnout by 1%. and general, foul weather, which rain would be a part of that, helps the republicans by about 2.5%. other areas, wisconsin, a mixture of rain and snow. shouldn't be too bad. rest of the country doesn't look terribly awful. we are watching this storm that will come out of florida today and head up the eastern seaboard. this is the nor'easter that we've been fearing, and there are coastal flood watches and highway watches posted now, potential for seeing some snow as well. there's some cold air with this. obviously some wind. models trending a little bit further to the east. that would be good. the further east, we'll keep you posted. impacts beginning tomorrow about midday, zoraida. back to you. >> insult to injury. we keep on saying. thank you s
>> in georgia right now and florida, rain across florida could be heavy at times as this front comes through. hits tampa here in the next hour or so. jacksonville seeing some rain. orlando, you're next, you'll see some rainfall as well. this is important because study shows that one inch of rainfall will actually decrease voter turnout by 1%. and general, foul weather, which rain would be a part of that, helps the republicans by about 2.5%. other areas, wisconsin, a mixture of rain and...
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. >> ohio, florida, and virginia. he basically -- mitt romney has to basically go 3-3 in the states in order to win this race. >> reporter: he needs those states because this race is still so very close. >> we have come too far to turn back now. we have come too far to let our hearts grow faint. >> reporter: the latest abc news/"washington post" poll shows president obama up by 3 points nationally. while campaigning in virginia, the romneys made it clear they feel the white house is within reach. >> are we going to be neighbors soon? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: romney ended his campaign swing in new hampshire with a big celebration that included a performance by kid rock. his campaign believes romney has the momentum and enthusiasm on his side in this race and will find out today when voters hit the polls. rob and paula? >> our thanks to brandi hitt for that report. >>> overnight, another indication how very close the race could be. the results are in from tiny dixville notch, new hampshire. rob, i need a dru
. >> ohio, florida, and virginia. he basically -- mitt romney has to basically go 3-3 in the states in order to win this race. >> reporter: he needs those states because this race is still so very close. >> we have come too far to turn back now. we have come too far to let our hearts grow faint. >> reporter: the latest abc news/"washington post" poll shows president obama up by 3 points nationally. while campaigning in virginia, the romneys made it clear they...
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they admit they think florida may be close tonight but they're confident the president will get enough of those electoral votes he needs to win. and the president said himself he's very confident he'll be here celebrating tonight. he told reporters that governor romney, he ran a spirited campaign. he thanked him but he says that he believes he'll walk away with the victory tonight. derek? >> all right, we will see what we will see. danielle nottingham, we thank you for that. level move on to romney headquarters up in boston where susan mcginnis is live and susan, governor romney's been very busy with election day. and that's sort of a break with tradition right? >> reporter: they do. mitt romney made a late decision derek to keep campaigning up until the 1 #th hour. he -- 11th hour. he did some campaigning in cleveland and then pittsburgh. he didn't want the lose the election without having done everything he possibly could. he decided to spend some time in states, in pittsburgh he was growthed by about 1,000 -- greeted by about 1,000 supporters. this is when you know you're going to w
they admit they think florida may be close tonight but they're confident the president will get enough of those electoral votes he needs to win. and the president said himself he's very confident he'll be here celebrating tonight. he told reporters that governor romney, he ran a spirited campaign. he thanked him but he says that he believes he'll walk away with the victory tonight. derek? >> all right, we will see what we will see. danielle nottingham, we thank you for that. level move on...
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us where florida is going. i would also watch the larger counties, orlando and miami. the margin for president obama is down, and if it is will tell governor romney how to carry florida. [talking over each other] [inaudible] >> it is plausible that we will have a scenario, losing the popular vote. and get closer and recent days. minnesota and pennsylvania, so-called organic states, the race has tightened some. and in the deep south, they go for governor romney by a bigger margin than john mccain won by in 2008 and in the northeast and west coast president obama is going to win perhaps now with the merger in 2008 is certainly possible you could see a split between the electoral college and the popular vote. >> tonight watch the results in the presidential race and in senate, house and governor's contest across the country. we will have president obama in chicago and mitt romney in boston. history and concession speeches from candidate and focus on more competitive senate seats. your reaction throughout the night
us where florida is going. i would also watch the larger counties, orlando and miami. the margin for president obama is down, and if it is will tell governor romney how to carry florida. [talking over each other] [inaudible] >> it is plausible that we will have a scenario, losing the popular vote. and get closer and recent days. minnesota and pennsylvania, so-called organic states, the race has tightened some. and in the deep south, they go for governor romney by a bigger margin than john...
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host: florida, republican line. caller: i find it very distressing that people are talking about something they know very little about. the reason for the electoral college is that our farmers set up a system that rested onpeople people in the house of representatives. we had to have popular participation in the government but had to be limited. the states have a representative in the senate. they are also represented it in voting for the presidency. we have too much democracy going on. bending to the whims of the people in the house, and you want to propose the same system that brought in the election of the president? no, we cannot do that. the republic is on its knees. if we go to the popular vote with the president, there will be a bullet in the back of the head of our republic. that will finish us. >> we have some votes to switch to the popular vote system but now we have the opposite position. the caller points to how the electoral college came into being. the framers really did not -- were not very wary of th
host: florida, republican line. caller: i find it very distressing that people are talking about something they know very little about. the reason for the electoral college is that our farmers set up a system that rested onpeople people in the house of representatives. we had to have popular participation in the government but had to be limited. the states have a representative in the senate. they are also represented it in voting for the presidency. we have too much democracy going on. bending...